The film was written and directed by the director of "Too bad" Greg Mottola. It is based on the director's real experience in Long Island Amusement Park when he was young. The plot of the film is set in 1987, and the protagonist James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) has just graduated from college. After he realized that he could not realize his dream of traveling to Europe, financial constraints forced him to work for the lowest salary in the amusement park.
In the summer of 1987, James Branner (Jesse Eisenberg), a young man who had just walked out of the university campus, was faced with future choices, especially the issue of employment and survival, like many ordinary graduates. James got a lot of jobs when he was in college, but none of them could go on. Either he was not on the right track with the job, or the boss fired him. Finally, it’s the day when he graduated from college and left school. James’ classmates either had nothing to do at home or had already started their own work. But James is not in a hurry to find a job right now, but he wants to realize his long dream: That’s it. Take a trip to the coveted continent of Europe. But obviously his parents have given him a clear answer and will no longer give financial aid to James, who has grown up.
Lack of money means that it is difficult to move. Finding a temporary summer job, earning enough money desperately, and then realizing his dream of traveling in Europe, has become the most urgent wish of James at the moment. Restaurants, supermarkets, bars, hotels, James bumped into walls and never found a job, but a lot of embarrassment happened. Finally, the guy who was decent in appearance found him in a large amusement park "adventure park" not far from home. A job as a handyman, because the salary is pretty good, especially for part-time jobs, which will last a whole year without having to do it, so that he can realize his European travel plan in the fall, so James excitedly started his first job. , But also the first step in the journey of his dream.
However, here, James' work is not all smooth sailing. All kinds of tourists, colleagues with different personalities, and the extremely neurotic boss (Bill Harder), let James experience the "real world version" of the "adventure park" trip. Let James, who has just stepped into the society, have a new and profound understanding of life and his future. At the same time, this shy and introverted guy in school is also in this new job. In the "close contact" with his beautiful female colleague Ann (Kristen Stewart), he realized that young people should have Psychological and physical double impulses and growth... a
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is a comedy much deeper than the audience imagined before entering the stage.
-"Variety"
"Adventure Paradise" is another film that appeals to young people to daydream. ——The talented comedy camp of the
"New York Times"
has another capable man: Greg Mottola.
——Filmschoolrejects.com
Behind the scenes production
derived from the real experience of the director
Speaking of the name of the director of "Adventure Land", Greg Mottola, many people may be unfamiliar with this name, but if you mention the director's previous work "Super Bad", I think anyone who pays a little attention to North American movies Will not feel unfamiliar. With an investment of only 10 million yuan, the school comedy with no celebrity in the 2007 summer archives of the strongest hit over 100 million, which made everyone admire the little-known Greg Mottola. Regarding his involvement in comedy again, Greg Mottola talked about the reasons for making this film: "Many people have asked me whether there is any connection between the two films. It doesn’t matter in the above, but in fact, I have to admit that this movie has one thing in common with "Too bad", that is, it is derived from real life. However, the source of the story in "Too bad" Mainly the experience of Seth Logan ("Too Bad" screenwriter), and this "Adventure Paradise" is related to myself. When I was in college, I chose to go to Long Island to work in order to make money. Working in the adventure park there. This experience is very unforgettable for me, because my view of society took shape there, and I also met people in the adventure park who have always been buddies, but I didn’t even think about it at the time. In the future, I will enter the film industry. Otherwise, I will be like a kid in "Too bad", so that I can accumulate material for the future story! (laughs) "After
starting the directing journey, there is a long way to go. For a period of time, Greg Mottola’s main job was to shoot some TV series, such as "Rebellious Campus" and "Return" about school life. These TV series did not cause much repercussions, and their quality was better than before. Directing "Day Walker" in the era of independent films is also not comparable. Compared to the days when films were made, Greg Mottola's work in the television industry seemed a bit mediocre. But Greg Mottola didn’t regret when he talked about that period: “I was very relaxed during that period. I had a lot of free time throughout the day, which enabled me to figure out how to be a real film director... I wrote Many scripts, such as "Adventure Paradise", were written during that period. Writing a good story requires a long period of time without any burden. If it is frequent work, this cannot be done, so I I don’t think that period had any impact on me. On the contrary, I was able to shoot "Too Bad" and even "Adventure Paradise", and I couldn't do without the precipitation and accumulation of that period."
After experiencing the success of "Too Bad", "Adventure Paradise" obviously came with ambition. "Too bad", which tells about the growth "hurdles" experienced by most American middle school students-graduation, first love, etc., caused quite a sensation after it was released. This film was unobstructed, and it was full of foul language and softness. Teen movies on pornographic topics have been criticized by many media from the beginning, but they still can’t stop the audience’s love for it. "Too bad" is about a group of children going to college, while "Adventure Land" is about the story of college students after graduation. Greg Mottola detailed the difference between the two: ""Too bad" Even more unscrupulous, because the whole story is crazy, although Seth Rogen has always claimed that this is his own experience, but I don’t believe it anyway; "Adventure Paradise" is really my own story, of course I always still A lot of beautification. For example, when I was working, I never met a beautiful woman like Kristen Stewart (laughs). It should be said that "Adventure Paradise" actually made up for the regrets in my past life. , Gave me a chance to come again. Perhaps this is the charm and fun of the movie."
Popular actor and actress
Jesse Eisenberg, the director avatar in "Adventure Paradise", is 26 years old. The young man from New York has previously found roles in well-known films such as "Shocking Education", "Spiritual Village" and "Squid and Whale". With a smooth flow, he walked magnanimously on the star road in Hollywood, surging like a tide. The recent film appointments made the young man overwhelmed with pleasure. Only in 2009, there will be as many as six films of various genres including romance, comedy, horror, and drama. Regarding "Adventure Land", Jesse Eisenberg said: "I have known director Greg Mottola for a long time. When I knew he wanted to film his own past experiences, I told him, I must Acting as you in the past, so that everyone knows how bad you were in the past (laughs). In my opinion, the biggest attraction of this movie is that the audience will see a college student doing part-time internship before he fully enters the society. It’s the most difficult life. I don’t know if this experience can resonate with many people with the same life, but honestly, it has already touched myself and my friends.”
Compared to Jesse Eisenberg, who is magnanimous in the stars, the career path of the heroine Kristen Stewart comes earlier, and is much more open and bright. Only 19 years old this year, she has already become the focus of many fans’ discussions with a "Twilight" at the end of 2008. This vampire-themed movie with an investment of only tens of millions of dollars is also related to the topical masterpiece "007: The Big Break Quantum". "Crisis" was released at the same time, and eventually the box office surpassed 007, with a huge revenue of 180 million. For this new film,] Kristen Stewart\ appears confident: "This is a good film. It truly reflects a young man’s confusion in the face of society, and it is also a movie that allows the audience to laugh from beginning to end. Comedy, it can teach the audience how to actively face so many unsatisfactory things in life. In addition, I also particularly like those 80s paradise landscape specially built for this film, which is for those who like nostalgia , You will definitely see many memories of your past life in the movie.” The
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director Greg Mottola was originally scheduled to film the real adventure park where the story in this movie took place, because he used to be more than ten years ago He worked in the paradise, but when he went to step on the spot, he found that the place had been completely modified, which was far from the place in his memory, so he had to abandon the original shooting plan.
·The film was finally shot in another adventure park, and the place where the adventure park was filmed in the film was actually Long Island in New York, USA. Part of the 80s paradise scene built during the filming was officially unveiled on March 27th, which is the release time of the film.
Wonderful dialogue
James: The budget of the European trip ... not enough ...
mom: I suggest finding yourself a job.
James:Summer part-time?
dad:Graduation Happiness, Children.
James: "The budget for this European trip Not enough..."
Mother: "I suggest you find a job yourself."
James: "Part-time job in summer?"
Father: "Happy graduation, kid."
James:I give this cast-off version of the magazine is a literary journal.
James:I could not even when coolies are not eligible.
James: "I have contributed to this magazine, it is a literary journal."
James: "I am not even qualified to be coolies."
James:My job experience is not many.
boss: James, I didn't read it wrong, James?
James: "I don't have much work experience."
Boss: "James, I didn't read it wrong, James?"
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